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What’s one word to prove you lived trough the 90’s? (lemm.ee)

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[-] [email protected] 181 points 2 years ago

Waaazzzaaaap

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[-] [email protected] 98 points 2 years ago

Y2K.

[-] [email protected] 46 points 2 years ago

I survived idiocy of managers asking for Y2K compliant padlocks. As in, physical padlocks.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago

Hope you charged them double.

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[-] [email protected] 98 points 2 years ago

Encarta

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[-] [email protected] 84 points 2 years ago

Pogs

[-] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago

Remember Alf? He's back! In pog form!

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[-] [email protected] 82 points 2 years ago

Netscape

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[-] [email protected] 69 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Tamagotchi

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[-] [email protected] 54 points 2 years ago

NOT!

[-] [email protected] 51 points 2 years ago

Bobwehadababyitsaboy

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[-] [email protected] 47 points 2 years ago

Dialup

[-] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Pshhhkkkkkkrrrrkakingkakingkakingtshchchchchchchchcchdingdingding

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[-] [email protected] 46 points 2 years ago

Psych!

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[-] [email protected] 39 points 2 years ago

Not a word, but the phrase "going online". As in not being constantly connected at all times. We had to actually "get" online to look at stuff.

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[-] [email protected] 38 points 2 years ago

I can do it with no words

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[-] [email protected] 37 points 2 years ago

Myst

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[-] [email protected] 36 points 2 years ago

D.A.R.E

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[-] [email protected] 36 points 2 years ago

Pogs

[-] [email protected] 36 points 2 years ago

JNCO's

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[-] [email protected] 35 points 2 years ago

JNCO

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[-] [email protected] 34 points 2 years ago

Discman - so much better than the Walkman. =)

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[-] [email protected] 34 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Baud. Maybe kilobauds.. That and "da bomb" are very memorable to me from then...

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[-] [email protected] 34 points 2 years ago

Napster

[-] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago

Kkrrrsshhhbiiieieiekkkkrrrrriieiekkkrrsshshshbriiieie

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[-] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago

Not

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[-] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Be kind, REWIND.

[-] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago

"Information superhighway"

Two words, I know.

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[-] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago

Tubthumping

[-] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago

BRRRRphhhhttttttbrrrrrraaaaaapppppingtingtingBOINGBaTingBatingtingphhhhhhhhttttt.....

The sounds of the internet, volume one.

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[-] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Floppy disks (or "diskettes").

Also, Y2K.

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[-] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago

Clear craze.

As in technology. Translucent gadgets were all the rage. Not quite one word, I was going to go with translucent, but found it actually had a name.

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[-] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago

NoFear

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[-] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago

Cowabunga

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[-] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago

Slime/goop

The 90s had an obsession with slime/goop. Toys, mascots, etc.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

Gak.

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[-] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago

Macarena

[-] HobbitFoot 25 points 2 years ago

Phat

[-] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago

IRC and ICQ

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[-] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago

autoexec.bat

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[-] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago

Wazzzzuuuuuuuup!

with entirely to much tongue.

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[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

Dialup

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[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

Cowabunga

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[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

Hypercolor

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[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

MiniDisc

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Hackysack

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